Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, granted a 20 percent disability rating for radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, and remanded several other claims including those for increased ratings for various disabilities and TDIU.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss or tinnitus were related to service, while his radiculopathy symptoms more nearly approximated moderate neurological symptoms warranting a 20 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, Radiculopathy, Right Lower Extremity, Radiculopathy, Left Lower Extremity, Left Hip Trochanteric Pain Syndrome with Limitation of Abduction/Adduction, Left Hip Trochanteric Pain Syndrome with Limitation of Extension, Left Hip Trochanteric Pain Syndrome with Limitation of Flexion, Left Knee Osteoarthritis with Painful Extension, Right Knee Osteoarthritis with Patellar Tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25089993
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